Week 30 was Parliament in full flow and the nation at attention. The Monsoon Session filled the week with written-answer detail — one year of the new criminal codes (BNS/BNSS/BSA), 775 fast-track courts and eCourts Phase III, the National Cooperation Policy's first year — even as a Cabinet reshuffle sent Dharmendra Pradhan out and Pralhad Joshi to Education. On 26 July, the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas at Dras let Rajnath Singh recast Operation Sindoor as India's deterrent, while DRDO's 'Kusha' interceptor flew and the AEW&C MK-II programme advanced — a self-reliant-defence thread. Abroad, President Murmu made the first-ever Indian-President visits to Moldova and North Macedonia, India joined the WTO's fisheries-subsidies pact and faced its 8th Trade Policy Review, and Israel FTA talks reached a second round. The economy printed strength — five years of PLI (₹2.4 lakh crore invested), record services exports of $421 billion, near-total rail electrification and the BHAVYA chemical parks — as a US Section 301 forced-labour duty landed, softened to 10% in the lower tier. Technology delivered milestones (UPI past 55 crore users, the Bharat 6G Alliance at 90, Aditya-L1's solar science, India's first dengue vaccine), and welfare data sobered (e-Shram's 31.78 crore workers; 332 sanitation-worker deaths). And Sarnath became India's 45th World Heritage site. Aditya Tiwari Sir's tip: braid Op Sindoor, Kargil and the defence-tech tests into one 'self-reliant deterrence' line for GS3, and Sarnath plus the Europe tour into a 'civilisational soft power' line for GS2 — two spines that carry a crowded week.
The 'Ancient Buddhist Site of Sarnath', where the Buddha delivered his first sermon, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List at the 48th World Heritage Committee session in Busan — India's 45th property.
The Prime Minister announced a high-powered task force on examination reforms under Nandan Nilekani, capping a week in which he also flagged stricter Cabinet action on paper leaks — a systemic push on exam integrity.
A stock-take marked one year of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Sakshya Adhiniyam — in force since 1 July 2024 — with states issuing rules, adopting digital tools and training tens of thousands of officers.
In a cluster of Monsoon-Session replies, the Law Ministry set out the machinery for speedier justice — 775 Fast Track Special Courts across 29 states/UTs, the ₹7,210-crore eCourts Phase III, and ₹2,010 crore in the 2026 Budget.
The Ministry of Cooperation reviewed the National Cooperation Policy 2025 — launched 24 July 2025 with six pillars, 16 objectives and 83 recommendations over a decade, aiming to bring 50 crore members into a revitalised cooperative movement.
The Monsoon Session of Parliament began with the PM's appeal for productive debate on national priorities; days later a Cabinet change saw Dharmendra Pradhan resign and Pralhad Joshi take additional charge of Education.
A stock-take of the Production Linked Incentive schemes across 14 sectors reported over ₹2.40 lakh crore of actual investment, more than 14.15 lakh jobs and ₹15.2 lakh crore of production or sales as of 31 March 2026.
India's services exports rose to a record USD 421.3 billion in FY2025-26, up nearly 9% and led by IT/computer and business services — cementing India as the world's seventh-largest services exporter.
The US Trade Representative's final Section 301 measure imposes an additional 10% duty on Indian imports over forced-labour concerns — down from 12.5% proposed — placing India in the lower tier, with pharma, smartphones and metals exempt.
The three-phase field work of the 11th Agriculture Census (reference year 2021-22) was completed — the once-in-five-years enumeration of India's operational holdings and area that underpins farm policy.
India's Broad Gauge network is about 99.6% electrified — second only to Switzerland — after adding 48,072 route km between 2014 and 2026, sharply cutting diesel traction and the import bill.
The Cabinet approved the BHAVYA-Rasayan scheme for three dedicated chemical parks — a ₹3,030-crore outlay to FY2030-31 with plug-and-play infrastructure to cut India's import dependence in chemicals.
India's drug regulator approved the country's first dengue vaccine — Takeda's Qdenga, a live, attenuated tetravalent vaccine for ages 4-60 — a milestone against a disease that surges every monsoon.
The Bharat 6G Alliance expanded to 90 members with seven working groups, and the government laid out a spectrum roadmap for 6G — positioning India to shape, not just adopt, the next mobile standard.
UPI crossed 55.49 crore users in June 2026, having processed 24,162 crore transactions worth ₹314 lakh crore over FY2025-26 — roughly a fivefold rise in five years, cementing it as the spine of India's digital payments.
A round-up of achievements from Aditya-L1 — India's first solar observatory at the Sun-Earth L1 point, launched in September 2023 — showcased results from its seven payloads led by the VELC coronagraph.
An ICAR-backed roundtable called for science-based reforms to the rules governing genetically modified (GM) and genome-edited (GE) crops, arguing that a faster, balanced approval framework is key to food security and climate resilience.
India's installed renewable-energy capacity reached 288.58 GW by 30 June 2026 — up from 76.38 GW in 2014 — led by solar and wind, keeping the country on track for its 500 GW non-fossil target.
The government reaffirmed the safety and performance of 20% ethanol-blended petrol (E20), citing scientific validation by ARAI, SIAM, IIP and NITI Aayog, amid a public debate over mileage and engine compatibility.
The National Biodiversity Authority released ₹6.67 crore to 11 cotton-growing states under the Access and Benefit Sharing mechanism — money realised from Bt-cotton technology fees, in a rare working example of biodiversity benefit-sharing.
A primer set out how PMFBY and the weather-based scheme shield farmers from climate risk using an 'Area Approach' — Crop Cutting Experiments and technology (YES-TECH) for yields, with localised and post-harvest losses assessed individually.
As the monsoon arrived, districts from Nandyal in Andhra Pradesh to Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh showcased the 'Catch the Rain' campaign — reviving tanks and building recharge infrastructure so rainwater feeds aquifers rather than running off.
President Droupadi Murmu made the first-ever visits by an Indian President to Moldova and North Macedonia, before a third leg in Romania — a three-nation tour deepening India's footprint in Central and Eastern Europe.
India deposited its instrument of acceptance of the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies, becoming a Party to the first WTO deal centred on sustainability — a pact that curbs subsidies driving illegal and overfishing.
India and Israel concluded the second round of proposed free-trade-agreement negotiations in New Delhi, building on terms of reference signed in November 2025, with cooperation spanning defence, agriculture, water and technology.
India and Panama agreed to build a maritime partnership spanning security, logistics, shipping, skilling and digitalisation — deepening ties with a state that controls one of the world's most strategic shipping chokepoints.
India concluded its 8th Trade Policy Review at the WTO in Geneva — the periodic, member-driven examination of a country's trade policies — with 68 members engaging on India's tariffs, digital rules and reforms.
The e-Shram portal — the National Database of Unorganised Workers — crossed 31.78 crore registrations, extending a Universal Account Number-based identity and a gateway to welfare for India's vast informal workforce.
Data laid before Parliament recorded 332 sanitation-worker deaths from hazardous sewer and septic-tank cleaning across 18 states/UTs between January 2021 and June 2026, with 193 FIRs — the sobering backdrop to the NAMASTE mechanisation drive.
A round-up of PM-SVANidhi — the 2020 scheme of collateral-free working-capital loans to urban street vendors — showed rising loan tiers and digital-transaction incentives bringing vendors into formal credit and the cashless economy.
A primer set out how Mission Saksham Anganwadi and Poshan 2.0 deliver a package of six services through Anganwadi Centres — for children under six, pregnant and lactating women, and adolescent girls — tracked in real time on the Poshan Tracker.
The Start-up Village Entrepreneurship Programme had supported 4.32 lakh rural enterprises by June 2026 — about 86% run by SC, ST, minority and OBC entrepreneurs — taking non-farm enterprise to the village through self-help groups.
An ICMR-NIN-led consortium released 'Priority Policy Actions to Promote Healthier Diets and Food Environments for Children', pressing for curbs on ultra-processed food and healthier defaults as childhood obesity and diet-linked disease rise.
The DRDO carried out a successful maiden flight-test of the 'Kusha' Long-Range Surface-to-Air Missile from Abdul Kalam Island, a step toward an indigenous, long-range air-and-missile-defence shield.
The Central Bureau of Narcotics, under 'Operation Vajra', thwarted the diversion of around 12 crore high-strength Tramadol tablets — roughly 30 tonnes — from a Delhi-area warehouse, in a major synthetic-opioid seizure.
The DRDO's CABS signed two contracts under the AEW&C MK-II programme — to convert six A321 aircraft into airborne early-warning platforms — deepening indigenous 'eyes in the sky' for the Air Force.
On the 27th Kargil Vijay Diwas at Dras, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh called Operation Sindoor proof that India can respond to Pakistan's every misadventure with overwhelming severity — and said any talks would be only about PoK.
Home Ministry data set out the scale of cybercrime and the response architecture built around it — the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), the reporting portal and the 1930 helpline — as digital fraud climbs.